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Best Practices for Treating Bed Bugs

February 7, 2020

by Pest_2018admin Pest Control

Bed Bug Treatment

What are bed bugs?

Bed bugs are small oval shaped, wingless, six-legged parasitic insects which are look like fleas and small cockroaches. It is mostly brown and looks like a squeezebox. They suck blood from both human beings and animals hence can be found on any residential place such as homes, hotels, student dormitories, motels and guest houses. They are no respecter of hygiene hence can infest any type of residence as their primary need is blood. They are confined in the bed room hence the name bed bug but can also be found in living rooms or closets.

What do they like?

They like breeding in any furniture that is made from fabric and wood. Besides, they like a warm and most environment though bed bugs can adapt and survive in a cold environment. They are too clever that they take advantage of their small size and squeeze themselves into deep spaces of the bed or furniture thus making it very difficult to identify and kill.

How we get them

Despite the attempts that have been made to get rid of bed bugs, they have kept coming back every now and then. This are some of the ways they are transmitted;

Through purchase of used or second-hand furniture that may contain bed bugs.
Through travelling hence transmitting the bed bugs from your home to your destination or from some place to your home.
Moving to a new home where the new home may contain bed bugs.

How to control Bed Bugs

Many methods have been used in the past to treat bed bugs in the past without much success. Among them maintaining a high level of hygiene has been tried but not with much success as their aim is sucking blood and don’t care your level of cleanliness. Also throwing away furniture has been tried but has proved not an effective way to treat bed bugs as they can still breed and come back to the house.

How to effectively treat bed bugs with help of a specialist

Using steamers to kill them with temperatures ranging from 115 to 180 degrees.
Freezing of up to -110 degrees.
Use of pyrethroids that have same effects as pyrethrum.
Aerosol or concentrated forms of Dichlorvos.
Use of Malathion.

Here are some of the simple ways to prevent infestation of bed bugs

If you planning to buy a house, prefer that that has not been used over one year as bed bugs can’t survive for 18months without food.
Regularly inspect your beddings just to be sure you don’t have them.
Do not just pick furniture and mattresses that have been discarded.
Choose new furniture over second hand furniture.

Bed bugs are not as small as their size.

They are small in size but very creative and tactile as they can even identify chemicals and run away before treatment targets them.

Do not underestimate bed bugs!

For effective treatment, contact a professional and stay free from bed bugs!!! such as Pest Pro Thermal

Contributed by: Ace1PestControl – Foremost experts in bed bugs and all things pest related.

Finding and Preventing Bed Bugs

February 21, 2019

by Pest_2018admin Pest Control

When it comes to having unwanted pests in your house prevention is far easier than trying to clear out an infestation. Despite our best efforts you can still end up with ants, bed bugs or some other pest that you need to get rid of. If you live in an apartment building you can end up with bed bugs through no fault of your own, the neighbors can bring them in and they get to your apartment through the walls. Find and preventing bed bugs is easier than trying to get rid of them once they have made a nest. Here are some tools you can use to help you eliminate them once and for all.

Sticky Products

You can use a sticky adhesive product if you suspect you may have bed bugs, place the trap near your bed or anywhere else you suspect they might be. Check back the next morning or the next day to see if you have caught any. You can also pick up bed bug interceptors at any home improvement store and place them where needed to determine if you have any, then you can get in an exterminator to remove them.

Pesticides

If there are just a few of them you may be able to get by with a chemical pesticide that you can spray to kill them. You need to be cautious however even over the counter products can be highly toxic so follow the directions on the can to the letter. You want to be careful of pets and children and always make sure that you have adequate ventilation when spraying.

Canine Inspections

If you think you may have more than just a couple of bed bugs then try contacting a pest control company that uses dogs for detection. The dog along with the handler will thoroughly inspect your property to detect where live bugs may be living. Dogs have an incredible sense of smell and can find bed bugs behind your walls, in the furniture and anywhere else that bed bugs may be hiding.

Treatments

Once it has been established that yes, you do have an infestation then it is time to get rid of them. There are a couple of ways that this can be done. The first method is by using heat. Any of the affected items are put into a receptacle and heated to 45 Celsius, which is warm enough to kill the bugs but won’t damage any of your stuff. You can even use this method on your electronics.

If the heat approach isn’t enough then your pest control company may have to take more aggressive action. They will use a combination of pesticide sprays, steam and a vacuum to rid you of the rest of your bed bugs. There may also need to be follow ups done just to make sure that they are all killed.